Information Systems and Business Analytics Major (BS)

Program Declaration

At the time of admission to the University or by completion of a College of Management Program Change/Add form by the published deadline after meeting the criteria below:

• a UMass Boston cumulative GPA of 2.75 on regular coursework (coursework from an international partnership program may not be included in this calculation)
• at least 24 college credits; 12 of which must have been earned at UMass Boston as a full degree seeking student and have a letter grade assigned to them (i.e.: no “P” grades) and will count towards the CM degree.*
• no incomplete grades (“INC”) on their UMass Boston transcript

*Certain courses do not count in the credit totals, including: All Academic Skills courses, ESL courses below ESL 101, P.E. activity courses and Freshman Studies Seminar (OCAS 100)

Degree Requirements

If this is the student’s primary major, all degree requirements below must be completed for graduation. See graduation requirements  for more information.

All University Requirements  including the 

MAP Requirement: Students must complete the Management Achievement Program (MAP) as part of their graduation requirements. See your major advisor for details.

Declare a Major: Students must declare a major in either Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information Systems and Business Analytics, Interdisciplinary Business, International Management, Management and Leadership, Marketing, Sport Business, or Supply Chain Management. Students may choose more than one major.
 

Major Requirements

Complete the Business Core, the Information Systems and Business Analytics Required courses, the Information Systems and Business Analytics Elective courses, and the Capstone course. 

Residency: At least five courses in the Business Core and, in addition the Capstone course, must be completed in residence at UMass Boston.

Transfer: A maximum of two courses combined in your Information Systems and Business Analytics Required courses and Information Systems and Business Analytics Elective courses can be completed with transfer credit. 

Pass/fail: No courses taken Pass/Fail may be used in the major requirements. 

Business Core Courses (36 credits)

Complete all twelve Business Core courses. 

• AF 210 - Financial Accounting 3 Credit(s)
• AF 211 - Managerial Accounting 3 Credit(s)
• AF 301 - Introduction to Financial Management 3 Credit(s)
• BC 290 - Professional Written Communication & Critical Analysis 3 Credit(s)
• MGT 303 - Managing Organizations 3 Credit(s)
• MGT 330 - Business Environments and Public Policy 3 Credit(s)
• MGT 331 - Managerial Ethics and Social Issues 3 Credit(s)
• MKT 301 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 110 - Introduction to Computers and Information Systems 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 111L - Managerial Statistics 3 Credit(s)

• or

• IT 111L - Managerial Statistics 3 Credit(s)

• or

• MATH 125 - Introductory Statistics 3 Credit(s)

• or

• MATH 134 - Managerial Calculus 3 Credit(s)

• or

• ECON 205 - Statistical Methods 3 Credit(s)

• or

• PSYCH 370 - Statistics 3 Credit(s)

• or

• SOCIOL 350 - Social Statistics 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 212 - Managerial Decision Making 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 301 - Operations Management 3 Credit(s)

Information Systems and Business Analytics Required Courses (12 Credits)

Complete all four courses from the list below.

• IT 370 - Introduction to Analytics 3 Credit(s)
• IT 471 - Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 230L - Relational Databases 3 Credit(s)

• or

• IT 230L - Relational Databases 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 310 - Introduction to Coding for Business 3 Credit(s)

Information Systems and Business Analytics Elective Courses (6 Credits)

Complete two courses from the list below.

Electives courses are organized by career path, however these are just suggestions — any two electives from this list will satisfy the requirement.

• Business Analytics

• IT 456 - Information Storage and Management 3 Credit(s)
• IT 472 - Data Mining for Management Applications 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 411 - Advanced Database Systems 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 415 - Advanced Coding for Analytics 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 454L - Supply Chain Management 3 Credit(s)
• SCSM 450 - Service Operations Management 3 Credit(s)

• 
  Information Systems

• IT 360 - Enterprise Software 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 425L - Project Management 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 428L - Information System Security 3 Credit(s)
• MSIS 461L - Systems Analysis and Design 3 Credit(s)

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  Additional Options

• MSIS 480 - Management Science and Information Systems Internship 3 Credit(s)

Business Capstone (3 credits)

Complete the Capstone Course requirement.

• MGT 490 - Strategic Management 3 Credit(s)